Michael Chiklis Joins American Horror Story: Freak Show

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The Thing is joining a different group of freaks.

By Jared Larson

Actor Michael Chiklis' return to television is sure to make No Ordinary Family look pretty darn normal.

The Shield and Fantastic Four star has been cast in American Horror Story: Freak Show. The PaleyFest American Horror Story: Coven panel revealed that Chiklis will join returning cast members Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Basset, Frances Conroy and fan-favorite Jessica Lange -- who previously announced that this will be her final season.

Michael Chiklis as Detective Vic Mackey in The Shield.

Creator Ryan Murphy (Glee) announced that Chiklis will play the ex-husband of Bates and the father of Peters. Freak Show is set in Jupiter, Florida, in 1950 and stars Lange as a German expatriate struggling to keep her freak show business alive. According to Entertainment Weekly, Bates and Peters play two performers Lange has rescued.